Category Archives: Greece

I’m not sure what it is, but I take a lot of pictures of doors when I travel to any European city. They are so much more creative and beautiful in their creation of doors than we are. So, when I get home, I always have these random door pictures throughout all the rest that … Continue reading →

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I’ve always struggled with blog postings like “Athens in a Day” and “Three Days in Florence.” What that person wants to do in a day in Athens is almost never completely what I would choose to do. Our priorities are all different as travelers, and if we spend our time trying to travel just like … Continue reading →

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Maybe it’s a holdover of some elementary or middle school lesson I had, but Agora always only means ‘marketplace’ in my mind, so that’s what I think of when I walk through Athens Agora. In reality, however, the Agora was a large meeting place that might house a market one day, a theater performance the … Continue reading →

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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens is the church of the Archbishopric of Athens, and all of Greece. Construction on the cathedral became in 1842, and it took three architects and 20 years to complete. The church used parts of 72 other churches, both derelict Byzantine churches, and churches razed for archaeological reasons, in it’s … Continue reading →

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Eating. It’s one of the best parts of travel as far as I’m concerned. There are always new tastes and surprises, and often a completely new food that becomes a repeated treat during my stay, and a special memory. So, drawing on our experience in Athens, here is where I would choose to return to … Continue reading →

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If you are not going to be exploring the Greek islands, but want a bit of the Greek island feel in the heart of Athens, Anafiotika is the place to get it. Make your way to the area of Priantiou and Stratonos streets, and then start winding your way up the hillside that climbs to … Continue reading →

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I’m not sure exactly what we were expecting the Roman Agora to be, but it wasn’t this. Mostly, it’s a big empty field, with ruins bordering it. And the weird thing is that we could step right up on the ruins and touch things, which was so disorienting we kept looking for the signs that … Continue reading →